Physicochemical Evaluation of Edible Cyanobacterium <i>Arthrospira platensis</i> Collected from the South Atlantic Coast of Morocco: A Promising Source of Dietary Supplements

<table class="table-group" id="tab2"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Compound name</td><td class="align_center">Percentage (%)</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Lauric acid</td><td class="align_center">0.86 ± 0.01</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Myristic acid</td><td class="align_center">1.90 ± 0.41</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Palmitic acid</td><td class="align_center">37.06 ± 0.502</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Palmitoleic acid</td><td class="align_center">46.52 ± 0.15</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Margaric acid (17:0)</td><td class="align_center">4.6 ± 0.03</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Margaric acid (17:1)</td><td class="align_center">0.25 ± 0.001</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Stearic acid</td><td class="align_center">0.9 ± 0.01</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Pentadecylic acid</td><td class="align_center">0.23 ± 0.0005</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Vaccenic acid</td><td class="align_center">7 ± 0.003</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Linoleic acid</td><td class="align_center">1.20 ± 0.001</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"><i>γ</i>-Linolenic acid</td><td class="align_center">0.26 ± 0.001</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Arachidic acid</td><td class="align_center">0.05 ± 0.01</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Gondoic acid</td><td class="align_center">0.23 ± 0.0001</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Total lipid content in <i>A. platensis</i>.</div>

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Table 2: Physicochemical Evaluation of Edible Cyanobacterium <i>Arthrospira platensis</i> Collected from the South Atlantic Coast of Morocco: A Promising Source of Dietary Supplements 

Table 2 | Physicochemical Evaluation of Edible Cyanobacterium Arthrospira platensis Collected from the South Atlantic Coast of Morocco: A Promising Source of Dietary Supplements 